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34. Entoloma melleidiscum Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus convex to nearly plane, not umbonate, solitary, 5 cm. broad; surface smooth, 
dry, glabrous, melleous on the disk and paler toward the margin, which is striate and entire; 
lamellae sinuate, rather broad, not crowded, uneven on the edges, pale-rose-colored; spores 
globose, angular, uniguttulate, rose-colored, copious, 7-9 4; stipe thick, fleshy, smooth, gla- 
brous, equal, snow-white, stuffed, 6 cm. long, 5-10 mm. thick. 
Type collected on the ground in woods near the New York Botanical Garden, 1911, W.A. Murrill 
(herb. N. VY. Bot. Gard.). 
DistRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
35. Entoloma Davisii (Peck) Murrill. 
Clitopilus Davisii Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 36: 153. 1909. . 
Pileus thin, convex, becoming nearly plane, subumbilicate when dry, gregarious, 3-4 cm. 
broad; surface glabrous, creamy-white or buff; context white, the odor and taste farinaceous; 
lamellae narrow, thin, crowded, adnate or slightly decurrent, white, becoming flesh-colored; 
spores subglobose, angular, uninucleate, 8-10 « broad; stipe slender, equal or slightly tapering 
upward, solid or stuffed, subbulbous, white or whitish, shining, becoming brown or brownish 
with age, often with a white mycelium at the base, 5-7 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Stow, Massachusetts. 
Hasirat: On the ground in woods. ' : 
DISTRIBUTION: Massachusetts and the mountains of North Carolina. 
36. Entoloma fragile Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus thin, fleshy, expanded, subobtuse or umbonate, 5-8 em. broad; surface glabrous, 
hygrophanous, isabelline to pallid, margin even; context subconcolorous, the taste mild, 
slightly mawkish; lamellae sinuate, subcrowded, ventricose, pallid to dirty-pink; spores 
ellipsoid, angular, rose-colored, 8-10 X 7 y; stipe cylindric, glabrous, concolorous, firm, fibrous, 
hollow, 5-8 cm. long, 6-12 mm. thick. 
Type collected in woods in the New York Botanical Garden, August 10, 1902, F. S. Earle 965 
(herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Vicinity of New York City. 
37. Entoloma melleicolor Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus rather thick and fleshy, convex to expanded, slightly umbonate, gregarious or 
cespitose, 6-8 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, melleous, becoming umbrinous, bay, or 
fuliginous on drying, margin concolorous, sometimes splitting with age; context having a 
strongly farinaceous taste; lamellae sinuate, broad, ventricose, not crowded, white to pink; 
spores globose, angular, copious, rose-colored, 7—8 y; stipe subequal, smooth, white, glabrous, 
solid, slightly radicate at times, 6-8 cm. long, about 1 cm. thick. 
Type collected in turf under crabapple trees at the edge of a golf course at Fort Dodge, Iowa, 
May 21, 1913, O. M. Oleson (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DistTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
38. Entoloma brevipes Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus convex, not fully expanding, not umbonate, gregarious to subcespitose, reaching 
7 cm. broad; surface dry, smooth, polished, avellaneous-isabelline with umbrinous disk, margin 
entire, concolorous, not striate; context firm, with farinaceous odor and taste; lamellae deeply 
sinuate, of medium breadth, rather crowded, entire on the edges; spores globose, decidedly 
angular, apiculate, usually uniguttulate, rose-colored, copious, 7-8 4; stipe equal or nearly 
so, smooth, glabrous, milk-white, solid, 4-5 cm. long, 7-10 mm. thick. 
Type collected in soil in a clearing in woods near the New York Botanical Garden, September 
10, 1910, W. A. Murvill (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Vicinity of New York City. 
39. Entoloma inocybiforme Murrill, sp. nov. 
Pileus fleshy, fragile, convex to deeply depressed and irregular with age, distinctly um- 
bonate, loosely clustered, abundant, 4-6 cm. broad; surface hygrophanous, glabrous, striate 
